Window drapery support



June 23, 1953 L. e. PERETTI wmpgw .DRAPERY SUPPORT Filed Jan. 8, 1952 F/G. L,

' INVENTOR 450M920 G. PEEL-7777,

Patented June 23, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WINDOW DRAPERY SUPPORT Leonard G. Peretti, Chicago, Ill. Application January 8, 1952, Serial No. 265,367

. l V This invention relates to window curtain supports and more particularly to a, support which can be raised and lowered relative to an associated window to facilitate mounting curtains or drape on and removing them from the support. It is among the objects of the invention to provide an improved slidable support for curtain rods which can be easily and conveniently mounted on the trim of a window and includes Vertically movable rod supporting ortions which can be moved up and down and releasably locked in a predetermined position of elevation relative to the associated Window; which renders the use of chairs, stools or ladders unnecessary in mounting and removing window curtains,thereby making the mounting or removing of window curtains easy, convenient and safe; which will support an inner and outer curtain, such as a glass curtain and a pair of drapes in proper position relative to an associated window; and which is simple and durable in construction, economical to manufacture, easy to install, and neat and at tractive in appearance.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the following description and the appended claims in conjunc tion with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Figure l is a fragmentary front elevational view of a window showing a curtain support assembly illustrative of the invention operatively mounted on a window trim and a curtain mounted on the support;

Figure 2 is a cross sectional View on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; and r Figure 3 i a perspective view of the curtain support at one side of the window.

With continued reference to the drawing, the curtain support includes, in general, a pair of guides I and I I, a pair of legs I2 and I3 slidably mounted on the guides I0 and I I respectively, and curtain rod supporting elements I4 and I5 xtending from the legs I2 and I3 at the normally upper ends of the latter in a direction trans versely of an associated window and in spaced apart relationship to each other.

The window illustrated is of conventional form having a frame, not illustrated, upper and lower sashes I6 and I! slidably mounted in the frame, vertical trimstrips I8 and I9 extending one along each side of the window at the inner side of the window, and a horizontal trim strip extending across the top of the window at the inner side thereof. At its lower end the window will be provided with the usual stool and bottom trim strip, of well known construction and not illustrated.

2 Claims. (01; 211 103) As the guide and leg assemblies of the curtain supporting means are the same at the opposite sides of the window, a detailed illustration and description of the assembly at one side of the window only is considered sufiicient for the purposes of this disclosure and the guide IE3 and leg I2 have been selected for such detailed illustration and description.

The guide I0 is preferably formed of a length of metal rod of suitable diameter and includes an elongated and substantially straight intermediate portion 2 I, an arm 22 extending perpendicularly from one end of th intermediate portion 2! and an eye 23 extending perpendicularly from the distal end of the arm 22, and has at its other end a, portion 24 extending perpendicularly therefrom in a direction opposite the arm 22, an eye 25 at the distal end of the portion 24, a second portion or arm 26 extending from the ey 25 along and parallel to the portion 24 beyond the intermediat portion 2I and in the same direction as the arm 22, and an eye 2'1 extending perpendicularly from the end of arm 26 remote from eye 25 in the same direction that the eye 23 extends from the arm 22.

The eyes 23 and 21 are substantially in a plane which is parallel to the longitudinal center line of the intermediate portion 2| and perpendicular to the longitudinal center line of the arms 22 and 26 and are oliset laterally from the distal ends of the arms 22 and 26 respectively. The eye 25 is substantially in a plane which includes the longitudinal center line of the arm 25 and is perpendicular to the longitudinal center line of the intermediate portion 2| of the guide It.

The guide Ii] is mounted on the side trim strip I8 of the window, so that is is disposed intermediate the width of this trim strip and spaced outwardly therefrom in parallel relationship to the side edges of the trim strips. Its upper end is disposed adjacent the lower edge of the top trim strip 20 and its lower end is spaced downwardly along the trim strip I 8 from the upper end, being spaced somewhat below the top rail of the bottom sash I! of the window in the arrangement illustrated in Figure l.

The eyes 23 and 27 are of a size to receive conventional wood screws and such screws, as indicated at 28 and 29, are inserted through the eyes 23 and 2'! respectively, and threaded into the trim strip I8 to secure the guide It] to the trim strip. The guide I I is of the same size and shape as the guide It and is secured to the window trim strip I9 in the same manner and in the same relative osition.

The leg I2 is also preferably formed of a metal rod of suitable diameter and includes a straight intermediate portion 30, somewhat longer than the intermediate portion 2| of the guide ill, having at its normally lower end a U-shaped formation including a leg 3! overlapping the lower end portion of the intermediate portion in spaced apart and substantially parallel relationship to the latter, and a bight portion 32 extending between the normally lower end of the intermediate portion 39 and the corresponding end of the leg 3|, the leg 3| being provided at its end remote from the b ight 32 with an open hook 33. At its normally upper end the intermediate portion is provided with a loop formation 35 which projects perpendicularly in the same direction as the bight 32 of the U- shaped formation at the lower end of the intermediate portion 30 and is provided at its distal end with an eye 35 which slidably receives the intermediate portion 2| of the guide [9. A stem 31 extends from the proximal end of the loop 35 substantially in longitudinal alignment with the intermediate portion 311 and a head 38 extends from the end of the stem 3'! remote from the loop formation 35.

The head 38 comprises straight arms 39 and 40 of which the arm 39 extends from the adjacent end of the stem 3'! with its longitudinal center line substantially in a plane including the common mediate portion 33 and stem 37 of the corresponding guide, but inclined outwardly from the center line of the intermediate portion and stem of the guide in a direction away from the associated window. The arm 4% is inclined from the adjacent end of the stem in the sam direction as the arm '33 and is also inclined outwardly away from the arm 39. With this arrangement, the arm 39 is substantially parallel to the adjacent window trim and can be moved up and dow with 2-.

the leg [2.

The arms 39 and 40 are spaced apart at their ends remote from the stem 3! and the elements l4 and it are coiled lengths of metal rod each including four or five connected at one end to the distal end of the arm 39, and the element [3 connected at one end to the distal end of the arm 40. Corresponding elements extend from the head of the leg l3 at the opposite side of the window and a curtain rod 40 has its ends received one in the coil 15 and the other in the corresponding coil or coiled element at the other side of the window. A curtain rod H has one end received in the coiled element [4 and its other end received in the corresponding coiled element at the opposite side of the window, the curtain rods 29 and 4| extending transversely of the associated window in spaced apart and substantially parallel relationship to each other.

The leg i3 is of substantially the same size and shape as the leg 52 and is slidably mounted on the guide H in the same manner that the leg I3 is slidably mounted on the guide [9.

When the legs [2 and i3 are in their predetermined position of elevation relative to the window, the hooks, such as the hook 33, carried by the legs I2 and i3 adjacent their lower ends, are hooked over the arms, such as the arm 26, of the corresponding guide to releasably lock the legs in their uppermost position with the eyes, such as the eye 33, of the legs adjacent the upper arms, such as the arm 22, of the corresponding guide.

When it is desired to lower the legs I2 and I3 and the curtain rods 40 and M for mounting curtains on or removing such curtains from the from the intermediate portion longitudinal center line of the intercoils, with the element [4 rods, the hooks carried by the legs [2 and I3 near the lower ends thereof are disengaged from the arms at the lower ends of the guides l0 and H and the legs are then permitted to slide downwardly relative to the corresponding guides, engagement of the eyes carried by the legs and slidably receiving the intermediate portions of the associated guides with the eyes carried by the guides and slidably receiving the intermediate portions of the associated legs limiting downward movement of the legs relative to the guides.

After curtains have been mounted on the rods the legs are again raised relative to the associated guides and the leg carried hooks engaged with the arms at the bottom ends of the guides, in the manner indicated above, to support the legs and the curtain rods in their predetermined position of elevation relative to the associated window.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Th present embodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are, therefore, intended to be embraced therein.

What is claimed is:

l. A slidable curtain support comprising guide members adapted to be attached to a window trim one at each side of the window to extend downwardly from the top of the trim, legs slidably mounted one on each of said guides for upward and downward movement relative thereto, head formations disposed one on each leg at the upper end thereof, a curtain rod extending between said head formations, means on said head formations receiving the corresponding ends of said curtain rod, and latch formations on said legs at the lower ends thereof engageable with the corresponding guides to releasably latch said legs in predetermined elevated position relative to said guides, each of said guides comprising a rod structure having a substan-- tially straight intermediate portion, screw receiving eyes ofiset laterally from said intermediate portion one near each end of the latter for mounting said guide on a window trim, and a leg receiving eye offset laterally from said intermediate portion near the normally lower end of the guide, said screw receivin eyes being disposed substantially in a common plane perpendicular to the plane of said leg receiving eye, and each of said legs also comprising a rod structure including a substantially straight intermediate portion slidably received in the leg receiving eye of the associated guide and having near its normally upper end a laterally offset eye receiving the intermediate portion of the associated guide.

2. A slidable curtain support comprising guide members adapted to be attached to a window trim one at each side of the window to extend downwardly from the top of the trim, legs slidably mounted one on each of said guides for up and down movement relative thereto, head formations disposed one on each leg at the upper end thereof, curtain rods extending between said head formations, means on said head formations receiving the corresponding ends of said curtain rods, and latch formations on said legs at the lower ends thereof engageable with the corresponding guides to releasably latch said legs in predeterr a mined elevated position relative to said guides, each of said guides comprising a rod structure having a substantially straight intermediate portion, screw receiving eyes ofiset laterally from said intermediate portion one near each end of the latter for mounting said guide on a window trim, and a leg receiving eye ofiset laterally from said intermediate portion near the normally lower end of the guide, said screw receiving eyes being disposed substantially in a common plane perpendicular to the plane of said leg receiving eye, each of said legs also comprising a rod structure including a substantially straight intermediate portion slidably received in the leg receiving eye on the associated guide and having near its normally upper end an eye offset in relation to the leg receiving the intermediate portion of the associated guide, each of said latch formations comprising a hook formation on the normally lower end of the intermediate portion of the corresponding le engageable with the associated guide near the lower screw receiving eye on the latter to releasably support the leg in elevated position relative to the associated guide, and each of said head formations comprising a pair of arms extending divergently from the normally upper end of the corresponding leg and inclined upwardly from the latter, and coiled elements extending one from, each arm of each head formation at the distal ends of said arms and receiving the corresponding ends of said curtain rods.

LEONARD G. PERETTI.

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